Question

Why do we drop a ball on New Year’s Eve? Please answer y’all :)

Answer 1

Why do we drop a ball on New Year’s Eve?

➜ The New Year's Eve ball dropping symbolizes time balls used for maritime navigation. ... And the ball dropping is a story in itself. Thousands of people gather to see the ball descending some 141 feet in the last minute of the old year, and to announce the birth of the new one.

Answer 2

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why do we drop a ball on New Year's Eve

• New Year's Eve ball drop started over 100 years ago. Based on a 19th-century maritime tradition, "time balls" were once dropped down poles in ports at noon. Ships would use the balls to adjust their clocks to the local time.It would drop over Times Square for the first time on New Year's Eve 1907